FounderDuels

Christoph Burckhardt & Cie. vs French East India Company

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

French East India Company is the older of the two, founded in 1664 — 126 years before Christoph Burckhardt & Cie..

Founded
1790
1664
Status
Closed 1812
Closed 1794
Headquarters
Basel, Switzerland
Lorient
Industry
trade
trade
Founders
Not recorded
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Legal form
Not recorded
public company

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Christoph Burckhardt & Cie. and French East India Company.